Serious games in energy policy research
G. Brückmann
Institute of Political Science (IPW) & Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research | University of Bern
OCCR Apéro Series, Bern, CH
23 September 2025
Games that do not have entertainment, enjoyment or fun as their primary purpose. (Michael & Chen, 2005)
In ensured energy players manage the Swiss energy system until 2050:
Challenged by physical constrains & shocks
Feedback on CO2, cost, energy imports & land use
To find out who would play a serious game for research, take a look at our pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2508.12799 (Simpson et al., 2025)
To play ensured energy on your own computer,
go to sweet-sure.ch/game/